Window



June 22, 1937. PEREM] ET 2,084,776

WINDOW Filed March 13, 1955 s Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS ATTORNEYS June 22, 1937. E. PEREMI ET AL WINDOW Filed March 15, 1935 3 SheetsSheet 2 [00/5 far/v ATTORNEYS E. PEREMI ET AL June 22, 1937.

WINDOW Filed March 13, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTORS Fa/1mm 1%)?5/1/ ATTORNEYS Patented June 22, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE WINDOW Edmund Peremi and Louis Toth, Manhasset, N. Y. Application March 13, 1935, Serial No. 10,803

20 Claims. (Cl. 189-65) This invention relates to windows and more particularly to sliding windows or windows of the double hung type.

It is an important object of the invention to provide a thoroughly weather-proof, double hung window which is of rigid construction, which can be made inexpensively and in which all of the sash engaging frame members are formed of noncorroding non-ferrous metal.

It is a further important object of the invention to provide such windows with a sealing construction incorporated as an integral part of the window which will cause the window to be firmly and completelysealed and which will prevent rattling but which will at the same time provide perfect freedom of movement for the sashes and permit wide tolerances in the dimensions of the parts.

To this end it is a feature of the invention that a sash engaging and guiding construction is provided having a plurality of independently flexible continuous spring surfaces disposed angularly to one another and adapted to engage respectively a face and an edge of the sash. With such an arrangement the edge engaging spring members at opposite sides of a sash bear in opposed relation against the opposite edges of the sash and balance one another. Each is free to yield, however, and each forms a firm sealing contact with 0 the engaged edge of the sash. The face engaging spring members may urge the sash toward a parting strip. Each of these members also forms a firm sealing contact with the engaged portion of the sash so that along each sash stile and along 35 the top rail of the upper sash sealing is effected independently at successive points. At the same time the pressure against the sash is so light and of such yielding nature that all tendency toward binding or frictional resistance to the movement 0 of the sash is substantially avoided.

It is a further feature of the invention that the spring members are so constructed and housed that the edges thereof are covered and guarded to prevent liability of a person's being cut by 45 the edges.

In accordance with. a further feature of the invention the sash lifts provided on the bottom rail of the lower sash are provided with cam extensions engageable with wedging members pro- 50 vided on the sill, for reinforcing the bottom rail of the lower sash when the sash is in closed position.

In accordance with a further feature of the invention the sill is provided with an outwardly 3 and downwardly extending lip for interfering with the ingress of rain or snow and the bottom rail of the lower sash is provided with a downwardly extending flange or lip which is drawn into firm engagement with the outer face of the sill lip when the window is closed. The co-acting cam members on the sill and sash serve to draw the sill and sash lips into firm contact with one another.

Windows embodying the invention may be made entirely of non-ferrous or non-corrosive metal or partly of wood covered by non-ferrous metal, or partly of steel covered by non-ferrous metal. It is a feature, however, that any ferrous metal which may be employed is covered and protected by non-corroding metal, and that all parts having rubbing contact are composed of nonferrous or non-corrosive metal.

Other objectsand advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings forming part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation, partly broken away, through a wall section of a building having mounted therein a window embodying features of the invention;

Fig. 1a. is a fragmentary detail vertical sectional view of the top part of the window with the upper sash in an open position.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, horizontal, sectional view through the structure disclosed in Fig. 1, the section being taken with the window in open position so that the sashes overlap;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, detail View in front elevation illustrating particularly the interacting cam and wedge members carried .by the lower sash and the sill;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating another form of window embodying features of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating certain features of the window of Fig. 4;

Figs. 6 and 7 are further views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, respectively which illustrate a further form of window embodying features of the invention, and;

Fig. 8 is a view in elevation showing the rigid buck employed in the window of Figs. 6 and 7.

The window of Fig. 1 is shown as mounted in a wall I. The building structure may include the usual wooden jamb, header and subsill, and wooden retaining or moulding strips 3 along the top and sides of the window opening. The window frame comprises a metallic sill member 4, metallic uprights or jambs 5 and a metallic head 6. The frame is adapted to be used with either wooden or metal sashes but itis preferably used with a metal window having an upper sash I and a lower sash 8 of the construction illustrated.

The sill member 4 may be an extruded member of aluminum, brass, bronze or other noncorroding metal. The same materials may be used in the other exposed metallic members of the frame and window. The sill member 4 comprises a sill flange 9 which overlies the wooden sill 2 and which is secured to the wooden sill by means of screws ill. The sill member 4 further includes a weather strip'housing comprising a side wall H and upper and lower-walls 2 and I3. The upper wall I2 is provided at its outer edge with a downwardly extending'lip or flange I4, and a lip or flange 5 extends upward from the bottom wall |3 for a short distance. A weather strip |6 of spring metal is enclosed in the space bounded by the walls I l2 and I3 and the lips l4 and i5. The weather strip cornprises a base web H, a vertical web I8 and a sash engaging web l9 which is exposed to contact with the lower inner edge of the lower sash through the space between the lips l4 and I5.

A lip or flange 28 is extended outward from the lip I5 and then downward to provide an overhanging portion adapted to be seated in a recess at the inner lower portion of the lower sash for interfering with ingress of rain or SHOW.

The sill member 4 has a portion 2| which extends downward in the plane of the lip l5 and a portion 22 which slopes downward and outward to the outer boundary of the sill base. At the outer extremity of the base portion 22 the sill 4 has portions 23, 24 and 25 which extend down- .ward, outward, and downward, respectively. The portions 23 and 24 form a seat for the lower end of a screen 26 and the portion 25 forms a web for forming a weather tight joint with the wall structure of the building.

The two jambs 5 are of like construction and each comprises a vertical strip 21 of sheet metal having a vertically extending channel 28 formed centrally therein and screw holes formed in its margins. The channel 28 serves to locate a parting strip 29 and the screw holes serve to locate retaining beads ,38 and 3|. The edges of strip 27 are protected and held by moulding beads 3.

The parting strip 29 is preferably a drawn or bent sheet metal member with a wooden core, or

. it may be an extruded metal member of hollow construction, formed with outwardly facing shoulders 32. The parting strip is secured to the wood frame by means of screws 33 which are passed through the parting strip and threaded into the wood frame. The inner retaining bead 38 comprises a web 34 which is secured to the frame by screws 35, an inwardly extending web 36, and a reverse lip or flange 31 provided at the inner extremity of the web 36. The retaining bead 38 and the parting strip 29- co-operate to form a guide and housing for one side rail of the lower sash. They further co-operate to house a flexible sealing and guiding member 38 which 'co-operates with the lower, sash.

This member 38 is of novel construction and constitutes a very important feature of the present invention. In its preferred form it comprises a free, resilient web 39 for bearing against the outer surface of the sash, a vertex portion 40 which is received between and imprisoned by the web 36 and the lip 31 of the retaining bead 38, angularly related positioning webs 4| and shoulder. The edge of the web 39 plays in a recess of the sealing member and is guarded by a shoulder bounding the recess.

It will be seen that the web 39 urges the sash into firm contact with the parting strip, thus causing the sash to move in a straight path and in sealed engagement with the parting strip. The web 43 bears against the edge of the sash and forms a second line or area of sealed engagement. The web 39 bears against the inner surface of the sash and forms a third line or area of scaled engagement. The webs 39 and 43 are free to flex independently of one another. The sash is supported between the webs 43 at opposite sides of the frame and since either of these webs is free to yield, the sash may shift from side to side as resistance is encountered.

There is no possibility, therefore, of binding resulting from too fine a clearance of the assembled parts. Similarly the webs 39 afford considerable play for the sash so that the retaining strip 38 can be set far enough away from the parting strip to afford easy clearance for the sash. There is no possibility of rattling, however, because the weather strips always hear firmly against the sash and cushion it. The spring members can be separate pieces as well as one piece; and shape and arrangement canl be varied.

The outer retaining bead 3| is similar to the inner bead 38. It differs, however, in that it comprises an outer web 44 for engaging an outer face of the wood frame structure. It also comprises angularly related webs 45 and 46 which form a seat for the screen 26 and an inwardly extending web 41 which terminates in a flange or lip 48. A wooden filler strip 49 is desirably set into the retaining bead 3|, a sealing and uiding member 58 similar in all respects to the member 38 which has been described is housed between the flange 48, the block 49 and the plate 21. The 0 ter retaining bead 3| is secured to the wood frame by means of screws 5| which pass through the web 41, the wooden strip 49, and the plate 21 into the wood frame. The member 58 co-operates with the upper sash in the same way that the member 33 co-operates with the lower sash.

The head construction is similar to the jamb construction. The head construction comprises a inetallicplate 52, a parting strip 53 and an o ter retaining bead 54. Between the parting strip 53 and the outer retaining bead 54 there is housed a sealing member 55 preferably similar to the member 38 which'has been described.

Counterweights may be employed, but preferably the sashes are counterbalanced by spring drums 55a whose movable elements are connected to the sashes through flexible bands 55b.

The preferred form of sash structure is illustrated in Figure 1. The upper sash 1 is composed of tubular metallic rails formed with inwardly extending flanges 56 for forming a seat for a pane 51, and metallic angle bars 58 or any other suitable retaining means may be employed at the opposite side of the pane. The meeting rail of the upper sash carries a sealing member 59 which may be an extruded metallic member. The member 59 extends across the meeting rail 60 at the inner side thereof and includes top and bottom walls 6| and 62, a downwardly extending lip 63 on the wall 6|, and an upwardly extending lip 64 on the wall 62. The lips and walls jointly form a housing for a weather strip 65 which is triangular in form and which comprises a free resilient web 66 that extends downward and inward. The web 66 normally bears against the outer face of the lip 64.

The meeting rail 61 of the lower sash is provided with a sealing member 68 for cooperating with the sealing member 59 of the upper sash. The sealing member 68 comprises upper and lower webs 69 and T8 and a vertical web II which serve jointly to partly embrace the rail 61. The upper web 69 has an outward extension 12 which extends across and rests upon the top of the web 6| when the window is closed. The vertical web H has an angular extension 13 formed at the outer side thereof which includes a downwardly extending lip M. The lip 14 has a beveled inner face which cooperates with a similarly beveled outer face of the lip 64. When the lips are forced into contact they coact to draw the meeting rails firmly toward the parting strip. At the same time the lip. 74 wedges in between the lip 64 and the spring web 66 of the weather strip 65 so that firm sealing engagement is provided at both the inner and outer sides of the lip 14. The angular member 73 forms an overhang which is very effective for preventing ingress of rain or snow.

The extensions 68 and 59 travel in the plane of the parting strips but are made of less length than the distance between the parting strips. The parting strips are provided with wedge shaped fillers 74a to engage the projections 68 and 59 in the meeting position thereof to seal the spaces between the projections and the parting strips.

The member 59 includes'an edge flange which forms a retaining strip 58 for a pane.

The lower rail 15 of the lower sash is provided with a downward extension or flange 16 which lies outside the lip 26 of the sill member 4. The flange 76 and the overhanging lip 20 serve effectually to prevent ingress of rain between the lower sash and the sill.

The lower sash is provided with metallic sash lifts 17 which are secured to the rail 15 by screwsv 18. The sash lifts H are provided with cam extensions 18a which extend downward and inward. Sill members 19 secured to the sill by the screws ID are provided with wedge projections 80 which engage between the projections 18a and the rail 15 to draw the lower portion of the lower sash inward so as to press the flange 16 firmly against the lip 20.

It will be seen that a structure is provided in which the joints are all firmly sealed when the window is closed but in which the sashes are floatingly mounted so that all tendency toward frictional obstruction or binding is obviated.

The embodiment illustrated in Figures 4 and is in general the same as that of Figures 1 to 3. The principal difference consists in the fact that the frame members are made of extruded sections so that no reinforcing wood fillers need be employed in the retaining heads or parting strip. The sah structures la and 8a of the window may be identical with the sash structures already described in connection with Figures 1 to 3. The sill member 4a is substantially identical with the sill members.

member already described and differs principally in the fact that no shouldered seat for the screen is provided. The head 6a comprisesan extruded metallic member 8| which is integrally provided with flange members 82 and 83 for housing a weather strip 84 similar to the weather strip 38 of Figures 1 to 3. The metallic member BI is also provided with a bead or rib 85 for positioning and supporting a parting rail 86.

Each jamb 5a comprises an extruded metallic member 81 which includes integral members 88 and 89 forming a housing for a sealing and guiding member 90 which is similar in all respects to the member 38 of Figures 1 to 3. The metallic member 81 further includes beads or flanges SI for positioning a parting strip 92 and a bead 93 for positioning a retaining strip 94. The retaining strip 94 and the metallic member 81 jointly form a housing for a weather strip 95 which is like the weather strip 38 of Figures 1 to 3.

The form of embodiment disclosed in Figures 6 and 7 is to all intents and purposes identical with that of Figures 4 and 5 with the exception that the non-ferrous members of the window frame are reinforced and made more rigid by steel The steel members are in every instance covered and protected, however, so as not to be exposed to corrosion. Thus, provision is made of a subsill member 96 which is of steel and to which the sill member 4b is secured. Provision is also made of concealed jamb members 91 to which the jambs 5b are attached, and of a concealed steel head member 98 to which the head 6b is attached. Each of the members 96, 91 and 98 is in the form of a channeled angle bar which is rigid and strong for its weight.

The rigid buck of Figs. 6 and 7 isillustrated by itself in Fig. 8. The sill and head members 96 and 98 are shown in this figure as rigidly attached to the jamb members 91 by means of welding, although any other suitable form of rigid connection could be employed. The weld joints are indicated by series of small crosses in Fig. 8.

While we have illustrated and described in detail certain preferred forms of our invention, it is to be understood that changes may be made therein and the invention embodied in other structures. We do not, therefore, desire to limit ourselves to the specific constructions illustrated, but intend to cover our invention broadly in whatever form its principle may be utilized.

We claim:

1. In a double-hung window, the combination with a pair of sliding sashes, of frame jambs forming sash guides, and yieldable sash engaging members housed one in each jamb and each including a fixed body portion and free marginal webs or tongues, the tongues of each member being independently yieldable and disposed at an angle to one another to continuously engage, respectively, against an edge and a face of the sash, the edge engaging tongues acting in opposed relation against the opposite edges of the sash.

2. In a double hung window, the combination with a pair of sashes and frame jambs forming sash guides, of a yieldable sash engaging member housed in each jamb including a fixed body portion and free marginal web or tongue portions adapted to flex independently of one another and arranged to engage the sash along separated lines to form successive and independent continuous sealing joints; said members bearing in opposed relation against opposite edges of the sash.

with a pair of sashes and frame jambs forming sash guides, of a yieldable sash engaging member housed in each jamb including a fixed body por- 5 tion and free marginal webs or tongues, the tongues being disposed substantially at right angles to one another and adapted to continuously engage; respectively, against an edge and a face of the sash, the edge engaging tongues at opposite sides of the sash bearing in opposite directions against the sash and the face engaging tongues at opposite sides of the sash bearing in the same direction against the sash.

4, A structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein each yielding sash engaging member is a singleply, raw-edged, unitary, resilient, non-ferrous, sheet metal member.

5. In a window, the combination with a frame and a sliding sash having substantial clearance therebetween, of means for sealing the sash and holding it against rattling comprising resilient tongues bearing against the opposite side edges of the sash and resilient tongues bearing against a face of the sash at opposite sides thereof, said resilient tongues being independently yieldable and forming at each side a plurality of independent, continuous, successive, sealed joints.

6. In a window, the combination with a frame and a sliding sash havingsubstantial clearance therebetween, of means for sealing the sash and holding it against rattling comprising resilient tongues bearing against the opposite side edges of the sash and resilient tongues bearing against a face of the sash at opposite sides thereof, said 3 resilient tongues being independently yieldable and forming at each side a plurality of independent, continuous, successive, sealed joints, the frame and sealing member being provided with means for covering and guarding the free edges of the tongues.

7. In a window, the combination with a frame j and a sliding sash having substantial clearance therebetween, of means for sealing the sash and I holding it against rattling comprising resilient tongues bearing against the opposite side edges of the sash and resilient tongues bearing against a face of the sash at opposite sides thereof, said resilient tongues being independently yieldable and forming at each side a plurality of independent, continuous, successive, sealed joints, the frame being provided with a shoulder to cover and guard the free edge of one ofsaid tongues, and the sealing member, itself, being provided with an overlapping shoulder to guard the free edge of the other tongue.

' 8. A sash guiding and sealing member adapted for use in widows employing sliding sashes, comprising a body portion adapted to be fixed in place, and angularly related independently yieldable longitudinally flexible, single-ply, raw edged marginal portions adapted to continuously engage respectively a side and face of the sash, said body portion being formed with a shoulder to overlie and guard the edge of one of said marginal portions.

9. In a window, in combination, a frame, and a sash guided for sliding movement in the frame, said frame comprising a sill member having an overhanging lip member comprising successive portions extending outwardly and downwardly, respectively, to define a splash pocket of substantial width and height and disposed directly underneath the sash, said sash having its lower end adapted to bear against the outwardly ex- I tending portion of said lip, and having a lip 3. In a double hung window, the combination extending downward from its lower end to extend downward past the overhanging lip of the sill member to bear against the downwardly extending portionthereof when the sash is in closed position. v

10. In a window, in combination, a frame, a

closed position, the sash carried cam memberforming a unitary part of a sash lift.

11. In a window, in combination, a frame, a sash guided for, sliding movement therein, said frame comprising a sill member having an opensided housing formed therein, and a continuous, longitudinally flexible sealing member housed in the sill member and exposed to contact with the lower inner edge of the sash through the open side of the housing, the sash engaging web of the sealing member terminating in a single ply edge, and the sill housing having a shoulder to cover and guard said edge.

/'12. In a window, in combination, a frame, a sash guided for sliding movement therein, said frame comprising a sill member having an opensided housing formed therein, and a sealing member housed in the sill member and exposed to contact with the lower inner edge of the sash through the open side of the housing, said sealing member being composed of a resilient sheet metal strip folded into polygo 1 form and having its longitudinal edges fre and of single ply form, and said housing ha ng a shoulder for covering and guarding the edge of the sash engaging web of the sealing member.

13. In a window, in combination, a frame, a sash guided for sliding movement therein, said frame comprising a sill member, and co-acting short cam members mounted on the sash and the sill member, respectively, at an interinediate point between the side rails for reinforcing the sash against bending when the sash is in closed position.

14. In a window, a frame, and a sash slidably mounted therein, said frame comprising a head member and a sealing member housed in the head member, said sealing member including independently yieldable longitudinally flexible, single-ply, resilient tongues arranged to engage and press against the top edge and the outer face of the sash, respectively, as the sash is moved to closed position to form a plurality of continuously sealed joints.

15. In a window, a frame, and a sash slidably mounted therein, flexible metal weather strips housed in the frame, said frame being composed in part of non-corrosive metallic sill, jamb and head members, and including jambs each comprising hollow sheet metal retaining beads having wood reinforcing cores, one of said sheet metal beads having a shoulder for holding the associated Weather strip in place, and the other having a shoulder for covering and guarding a free edge of the weather strip.

16. In a window, 'the'combinati'on with a rigid outer supporting wood frame forming a complete accurately formed rectangular window enclosure and comprising a sub-sill, jambs and a header, of a complete metallic frame built into the wood frame, and a sash slidably mounted in the metalho frame, said-metallic frame being composed of sill, jamb and head members all of which are rigid extruded pieces formed of non-corrosive metal.

1'7. In a window, 'the combination with a rigid o outer supporting frame formed of rigid bar members angular in cross section comprising a subsill, jambs and a header, said members being rigidly andaccurately united to form a complete rectangular window enclosure, of a complete inner frame composed of non-corrosive metallic rigid extruded pieces built into the outer frame and carried and held in alignment by the outer frame.

18. In a window, the combination with a rigid outer supporting frame formed of rigid bar members angular in cross section comprising a subsill, jambs and a header, said members being rigidly and accurately united to form a complete rectangular window enclosure, of a. complete inner frame composed of formed non-corrosive metallic sheets or plates built into the outer frame and carried and held in alignment by the outer frame.

19. In a double hung window, the combination with a rigid outer supporting frame formed of rigid members comprising a sub-sill, jambs and a header, said members being rigidly and. accurately united to form a complete rectangular window enclosure, of an inner frame built into the outer frame to hold and guide the sashes and to constitute a cover for protecting the outer frame against weather, said inner frame being composed of light gauge, non-corrosive sheet metal in those portions not exposed to wear or strain in use, and of heavier gauge non-corrosive metal in those portions which are subject to wear and abuse in use.

20. In a double hung window, the combination with a rigid outer supporting frame formed of rigid bar members angular in cross section comprising a sub-sill, jambs and a header, said members being rigid and accurately united to form a complete rectangular 'window enclosure, of a complete inner frame composed of formed noncorrosive metallic sheets or plates built into the outer frame and carried and held in alignment by the outer frame, and sash counterbalancing means mounted upon and carried by the outer frame.

EDMUND PERElVII. LOUIS TO'I'H.

Disclaimer 2,084,7 7 6.E'(Zmund Peremi and Louis Toth, Manhasset, N. Y. WINDOW. Patent dated June 22, 1937. Disclaimer filed June 16, 1951, by the assignee, General Bronze C'orpomtz'on.

Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 11, 12, 16,17, 18,19, and 20 of said patent.

[Oflioz'al Gazette July 224, 1951.] 

